Re: Y2K countdown

[leif@xxxxxxx]

> 99/9/9 is still 990909 unless you are interperting a 6 alpha field and
> putting your own slashes in....

That is exactly the point: 990909 is used as the 'never expire date'.
The 99099 I was referring to was Julian day 99 in year 99, and
99099 is used as the never expire date in systems that use Julian
days to stores date info.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <leif@ibm.net>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Y2K countdown
>
>
> > Many people have wondered why 99099 or 99/9/9
> > could be problematice. The assumption is that 99999
> > or 99/99/99 would be used. But, most data entry programs
> > have logic that reject 99999 as a invalid Julian day and
> > 99/99/99 as an invalid date. 99099 an 99/9/9 are both
> > accepted as valid dates (they are !) and that is why
> > they are used instead of (the more 'natural' 99999
> > and 99/99/99)
>
>
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